Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

BLOG SERVICE BREAKDOWN

MY BLOG SERVICE PROVIDER HAD A MAJOR BREAKDOWN WHICH HAS RESULTED IN ME LOSING ALL OF FRIDAY MORNING'S POSTS, INCLUDING MY REPORT ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL, AND AN INABILITY TO POST ANYTHING FOR 24 HOURS.

IT APPPEARS THE PROBLEM MAY NOW HAVE BEEN RESOLVED ALTHOUGH I CANNOT RETRIEVE MY FRIDAY POSTS AND I CANNOT POST IMAGES.
NORMAL SERVICE WILL RESUME SHORTLY, HOPEFULLY.

MY APOLOGIES, I CANNOT TELL YOU JUST HOW TOTALLY FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY I HAVE FELT OVER THIS, ESPECIALLY HAPPENING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL. GGGGRRRRRR !!!!!!!

THE BOOKMAN

7 comments:

Apparently they had a problem with "data corruption" and will be working to restore lost posts. The problem affected everyone who uses this blog provider. It was impossible to find news on this yesterday from any source, but at least Blogger (owned by Google) has now given a little information.

Very frustrating. It confirms the recent warnings with reservations about storing everything in the cloud or with another provider. A recent technology commentator on Radio NZ recommends to the seriously technology - dependent person to use an external hard drive, and a couple of other storage devices - one of which you keep at a friend's place!And most of us won't. So glad you got the posts back - some of us just thought you were having a good time at the Festival.CheersBookbrainz